Drawer-stop.



W. T. HORMES.

DRAWER STOP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31, I91].

Patented Nov. 26, 1918.

W liar-may awn/207$ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIGE.

WILLIAM 'r. HORMES, or GovAMs, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO SOLOMON HIMMEL, or

- Y BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

DRAWER-STOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 26, 1918.

To /27 1 mhomit may concern: I

Be it known that I, WILLIAM T. HORMES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Govans, in the county of Baltimore and State of Maryland,have invented new and useful Improvements in Drawer-Stops, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention is a device of the type attached to articles of furniturefor limiting the closing movement of drawers with which said furnituremay be equipped.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a stop which may beinterposed in the path of movement of a single drawer, orof a pluralityof drawers, to limit closing movement thereof so as to prevent the frontedges of the drawers from striking the face of the furniture, therebyprotecting the furniture from being marred and preventing theoverlapping front edges of the drawers from being broken off. A furtherobject is to provide a stop device of this character having meanswhereby the stopping points of a plurality of superposed drawers may besimultaneously varied. A. further object is to provide a stop devicehaving means for selectively varying the stopping points of theindividual drawers.

The invention will be hereinafter more fully set forth and particularlpointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectionillustrating a cabinet provided with a plurality of superposed drawers,with the invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of thestop device detached. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View of thelatter.

Referrin to the drawing, 10 designates a cabinet which may be of anysuitable form or style, a file cabinet being conventionally shown, thesame being provided with a plurality of slidable drawers 11, mounted insu- I perposed relation in any desirable or well known manner. In thisconnection it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to afile cabinet, but is equally applicable to any other form of furnitureemploying slidable drawers, a file cabinet having been selected forillustrative purposes.

Secured to the rear wall of the cabinet in suitable manner, for instanceby means of screws 12, is a member 13, preferably formed of a sheetmetal supporting portion bent into substantial trough shape, andprovided at its upper end with the beveled edges 14 which cooperate toform an abutment portion for the stop member 15 Said stop membercomprises a strip of metal of a width to move freely between the sidesof the supporting member 13, and is provided with lateral extensions atits upper end, forming a T-head 16, the lower edge of which contactswith the inclined edges 14. Passing through and supporting the stopmember 15 is an adjusting screw 17, the axis of which is parallel withthe inclined edges 14, said screw working in a threaded opening withwhich the rear wall of themember 13 s provided. In order to addstifiness to the action of the stop member 15, the same is provided withlugs 18, working in slots 19, formed in the sides of thesupportingmember 13, said slots being parallel with the inclined edges 14. Each ofthe drawers 11 has a beveled stop block 20, secured to its inner end,and adjustable abutments 21, preferably in the form of screws working insuitably threaded holes in the stop member 15, being positioned tocontact with the respectivestop blocks 20.

In practice, the supporting member 13 is secured in position, afterwhich the stop member 15 is connected therewith, by engaging the screw17 with its threaded opening, and engaging the lugs 18 with the slots19. By

adjusting the screw 17 the stop member is raised or lowered, asthe casemay be, the movement thereof bein parallel with the abutment portion 14,an the elevation or depression of the abutments 21 will effect thestopping ofthe drawers at various points,

according to the points of contact between said abutments and thebeveled faces of the stop blocks 20. Should individual adjustment of anyof the drawers be desired, the same may be effected by manipulating thescrews 21, inwardly or outwardly, ascircumstances may require. When anyof the drawers is moved inwardly, its'stop block 20 comes into contactwith the contiguous abutment 21, and further movement is arrested byreason of the stop member being engaged by a force tending to move it ina horizontal direction, and at an angle to the inclined edges 14, theaxis of the screw 17 and the slots 19, and inasmuch as movement of thestop. member is only permitted in a line parallel with the inclinededges 14:, said edges form abutments which ositively resist furthermovement of the rawer.

It will also be noted that the inclination of the stop blocks 20 issuch, that when a stop block encounters an abutment screw 21, thetendency of the inclined face of the block is to exert a downwardpressure upon the stop member 15. Inasmuch as this pressure is in adirection at an angle to the only possible line of travel of said stopmember, the latter remains stationary and resists further movement ofthe drawer.

In the drawing, the inclined faces of the stop blocks 20, are shown asbeing at an angle to the beveled edges 14c and adjusting screw 17, therelative angles being such as to secure variation of the stopping pointsof the drawers notwithstanding the inward or outward movement of thestop member, resulting from its vertical adjustment.

Having thus explained the nature of the invention, and described anoperative manner of constructing and using the same, although withoutattempting to set forth all of the forms in which it may be made, or allof the forms of its use, the following is claimed 1. A drawer stop ofthe character de scribed comprising a member having a supporting portionand an abutment portion, an adjustable stop member bearing against saidabutment portion to receive the impact of a closing drawer, and meansengaging said supporting portion for adjusting said stop member to varyits position with respect to said abutment portion.

2. An improved drawer stop comprising a supporting member having anabutment portion, a stop member slidably engaging said abutment portion,and means for preventing movement of the stop member except in. a lineparallel with the plane of said abutment portion.

3. An improved drawer stop comprising a supporting member having anabutment portion, a stop member having a head slidably engaging saidabutment portion, and means for preventing movement of said stop exceptin a direction parallel with the plane of said abutment portion.

l. An. improved drawer stop comprising a supporting member, a stopmember, and an inclined adjusting member for said stop member, and meansfor preventing movement of said stop member except in a line parallelwith said adjusting member.

5. An improved drawer stop comprising a supporting member, a stopmember, and an adjusting screw connecting said supporting member andsaid stop member, said supporting member being provided with means forpreventing movement of the stop member except in a line parallel withthe axis of said screw.

(3. An improved drawer stop comprising a trouglrshaped supporting memberhaving inclined abutment portions, a stop member, and an adjusting screwfor said stop member having its axis parallel with said abutmentportions.

7. An improved drawer vstop comprising a supporting member, an adustable stop member, means for adjusting said stop memher, saidsupporting member having means cooperating with the adjusting means toprevent movement of the stop member except in a line parallel with saidadjusting member, and independently adjustable abutments for a pluralityof drawers, said abutments being carried by said stop member.

8. An improved drawer stop comprising a stop member, means forsupporting the same, and abutments for a plurality of drawers, saidabutments being carried by said stop member and independently adjustabletherein.

9. The combination with 'a cabinetprovided with a plurality of drawerseach provided with an inclined stop block secured to its inner end, of astop member, means for supporting the same, and independently adjustableabutments carried by said stop member and positioned to engage said stopblock.

10. The combination with a cabinet provided with a plurality of drawerseach having an inclined stop block, of a stop member. a supportingmember therefor, means for adjusting said stop member, said supportingmember having means cooperating with the adjusting means to prevent movement of the stop member except in a line at an angle to the line ofmovement of the drawers, and abutment members carried by said stopmember and positioned to contact with said stop blocks.

in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

WILLIAM T. HORMES.

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